Over the past decade, two movements on the left have emerged to explain the housing crisis punishing America’s big cities. One has branded the real-estate business as a villain, blaming realtors, landlords and developers for soaring costs that force people from their apartments.

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NEW YORK — Zohran Mamdani sent shock waves last year when he was elected mayor of the country’s most Jewish city while accusing Israel of genocide. But a year after his insurgent win in the Democratic primary for City Hall, the new mayor — and the ...